pithy
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Pithy chatter among a multitude of characters occupies a dense grid, but a dream sequence is more loosely rendered, dispensing with the traditional black borders between images.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023
Pithy storytelling, twang and a backbeat have defined Dwight Yoakam’s music throughout his career.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018
I, for instance, am good at a lot of things that require intelligence: Pithy jokes, analyzing politics, explicating movies and TV shows, Mario Kart, bar trivia.
From Salon • May 12, 2016
Read More: Words of the Year: How a Pithy Tradition Began But this vote wasn’t really about that.
From Time • Jan. 8, 2016
Chou and Pithy call for me to stop and return, but I ignore them.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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